At the start of the year, the City of Gillette was rocked by the release of hundreds of text messages between Gillette’s mayor and city administrator. In the texts, former Mayor Louise …
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By CJ Baker
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4/5/22
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On Monday morning, a group of people from Powell and the surrounding area (as well as an American Legion member from Elko, Nevada) gathered at Crown Hill Cemetery to honor the men and women who …
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By Zac Taylor
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6/1/23
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There are 240 residents of Ralston if we’re to take the word of the sign on the edge of town.
If so, nearly 15% of those residents showed up to a meeting last Tuesday night to hear some …
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By Zac Taylor
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9/12/23
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As a private citizen, I’ve always believed in being conservative with my spending and working to increase cash reserves. If it’s my family’s money, earned by my wife or …
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By Zac Taylor
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12/12/23
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Kim Kardashian has nothing left to hide. Apparently, the social media diva has plenty to fear. For starters, she’s afraid of guns.
“The current laws in our country around gun …
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By Eric Gill
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6/2/22
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Powell area residents could hardly be more clear: Protect our prime ag land.
Now it’s up to the land use plan consultants to turn that message into a key piece of the new plan. Then, …
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By Zac Taylor
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10/11/22
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Hopefully by the time you’re reading this you’ve already voted or are planning to go before the 7 p.m. Tuesday deadline. If so, thank you, for you are participating in one of the most …
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By Zac Taylor
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11/8/22
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For years, the Powell Ministerial Association sponsored a community Thanksgiving dinner in Powell, regularly serving more than 600 meals each year to all those who wanted it.
For the last …
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By Zac Taylor
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11/21/23
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The Park County government is tasked with solving a very enviable problem: How to spend $12 million?
However they answer that question, they should take their time. This money doesn’t have …
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By Zac Taylor
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11/22/22
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That small town with long streets phrase? It resonated July 3 at the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Park in Cody, as everyone there was able to walk right up to their state’s top leadership, …
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By Zac Taylor
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7/11/23
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Passage of Constitutional Amendment A by Wyoming voters in the Nov. 8 general election doesn’t put cities, towns and counties — and other political subdivisions of the state — on an …
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By Dave Bonner
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11/25/22
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When I was growing up in Colorado, trick or treating was a purely neighborhood affair.
I’d run around with my parents, then my friends, dressed as a Ninja Turtle or the bad guy from …
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By Zac Taylor
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10/31/23
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First, this admission: No precise understanding or experience with ranked choice voting in elections is claimed here.
But there is reason to be more than casually interested. For starters, …
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By Dave Bonner
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9/15/22
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Growing up Catholic, I experienced Midnight Mass many times on Christmas Eve.
It was usually something of a challenge for me, because I’ve always been horrible about staying up late, …
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By Zac Taylor
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11/28/23
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It’s the season to be aware of slow moving trucks lumbering down the road, especially the U.S. Highway 14A, and to watch out for deer and antelope darting onto the road.
All this week …
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By Zac Taylor
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9/27/22
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If the state is already committed to building a massive state shooting complex, why not the Big Horn Basin?
In the last legislative session, a bill was overwhelmingly passed to fund the first …
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By Zac Taylor
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8/29/23
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I recently heard from a newly elected member of a public board in the area who said the experience so far had been “disheartening.”
Now I don’t want to out this person, but …
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By Zac Taylor
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6/20/23
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Here we go again.
Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen has advised Congress and the president that the debt ceiling —the amount of debt that the U.S. is authorized to take on — …
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By Dave Bonner
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1/19/23
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In 2018 the Park County School District 6 board in Cody revised its book policy after a couple of library books were challenged. In that initial period, one was removed from the library and one was …
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By Zac Taylor
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2/7/23
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Southside Elementary School students absolutely love French toast sticks — or cinnamon sticks, or sticks, or toast.
They love pancakes and, of course, cereal — especially the …
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By Zac Taylor
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3/12/24
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